Newsday (programme)

Newsday
Newsday
Format	News and Business
Created by	BBC World News
Presented by	Babita Sharma Rico Hizon Kasia Madera† Sharanjit Leyl
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Production
Location(s)	London Singapore
Running time	4 separate 30 min editions
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC World News BBC News Channel
Picture format	16:9
Original run	2011 – Present
Chronology
Preceded by	BBC World News/Asia Today
Related shows	BBC World News BBC World News America GMT Impact The Hub World News Today
External links
Website

Newsday is a news programme on BBC World News that first premiered on 13 June 2011.^[1] The programme is co-hosted by Babita Sharma (Monday-Wednesday) and Kasia Madera† (Thursday/Friday) in London with Rico Hizon and Sharanjit Leyl in Singapore. The programme is broadcast around the world on BBC World News, as well as PBS affiliates in America, and is also shown in the UK on the domestic BBC News Channel throughout the night, with the 2am and 3am UKT bulletins also shown on BBC Two and the 4am UKT bulletin also shown on BBC One. It gives international news with a specific focus on Asia and its financial markets.

Schedule

Newsday is aired from 0100-0500 GMT on weekdays on BBC World News.^[2] The programme acts as a morning programme for Asia, an overnight broadcast in Europe and the UK and a late night news programme for the Americas. It features analysis and discussion of the top news stories of the day and also previews the exclusive reports, correspondent feature films and interviews.

In between commercial breaks for international viewers, UK and PBS viewers get news from around the UK "in brief" with the London presenter.

Presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role
2011–present	Babita Sharma	Main London presenter (Mon-Wed)
2011–present	Kasia Madera†	Main London presenter (Thu-Fri)
2011–present	Rico Hizon	Main Singapore presenter (Mon-Thurs)
2011–present	Sharanjit Leyl	Main Singapore presenter (Fri)
2011-present	Adnan Nawaz	Relief London presenter
2011–present	Chris Rogers
2011-present	Deborah Mackenzie	Occasional Relief London presenter
2011-present	Adam Parsons

†Kasia Madera has been on maternity leave since early October 2011.

References

1. ^ http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/BBC+World+News/13+June+2011/00%3A00/Newsday/News/
2. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0121x2v